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From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: Timer Granularity
To: s0k9955@unix.tamu.edu (Shafia Kausar)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 17:00:12 +0100 (MET)
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> I need a kernel clock of granularity 1ms or less, for some experiments.
> Which version of FreeBsd supports this granularity, other than the 3.0
> version? 
> 
> There is a mention of the resolution depending on the clock
> sources in use. Which source gives me the best resolution??

settin HZ=1000 or more in the kernel config file should do the job (if
you go too high you might start losing ticks...)

	luigi

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